In an unusually productive legislative session, changes in medical malpractice insurance are seen as a way to stem an exodus of doctors from New Mexico.Among measures addressing that issue, House Bill 195 would protect independent medical providers’ personal assets from being taken in medical malpractice cases. In its first stop on the legislative trail, the bill was cleared by the House Health and Human Services Committee.The issue of lowering the state’s high cap on medical malpractice insurance, to reduce the risk for doctors practicing in New Mexico, is in House Bill 99.Senate Bill 1 has New Mexico join other states in compacts that allow doctors licensed in one state to practice in another. It has already been passed and signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
In an unusually productive legislative session, changes in medical malpractice insurance are seen as a way to stem an exodus of doctors from New Mexico.
Among measures addressing that issue, House Bill 195 would protect independent medical providers’ personal assets from being taken in medical malpractice cases.
In its first stop on the legislative trail, the bill was cleared by the House Health and Human Services Committee.
The issue of lowering the state’s high cap on medical malpractice insurance, to reduce the risk for doctors practicing in New Mexico, is in House Bill 99.
Senate Bill 1 has New Mexico join other states in compacts that allow doctors licensed in one state to practice in another. It has already been passed and signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
